Debug80 Book 1 — Getting Started

Debug80 turns Visual Studio Code into a Z80 development environment. You write assembly, run it in an emulated TEC-1G, step through it with source-level breakpoints, and send the same program to a real board over a serial cable.

This book walks that whole path once, from an empty folder to running hardware. You will install the extension, create a TEC-1G project, use the debugger, read the panel that shows the emulated machine, find the files each build produces, and send the generated HEX file to a TEC-1G through CoolTerm.

By the end you will know how to take a Z80 program all the way to hardware, and which part of Debug80 to reach for at each step.

Main Path

  1. Install And Add A Folder
  2. Create A TEC-1G Project
  3. Run The Debugger
  4. Inspect A Running Program
  5. Build Options And Source Maps
  6. Source Navigation And ROM Source
  7. Send To TEC-1G Hardware
  8. Copy Monitor ROM Source

Appendices